XP3 install fails: ntldr in use

[Guest Quaoar]

XP3 installation via both windows update and burned CD both fail on this

computer with the error "NTLDR in use, close all applications and click

retry" (or something like that). This is a dual boot XP/Vista system.

There is no error generated other than Canceled by user, which is true

since there is no way out of the error.

 

My belief is that the error likely resides with the Vista bootloader

that controls the choice at boot between Vista and XP. However, I am

unable to get beyond this using recommended BCDedit, etc., since this HP

system has only recovery disks and not separate installation disks.

 

Any advice is appreciated.

 

Q

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: XP3 install fails: ntldr in use

 

Did you burn the CD on the Vista partition or the WinXP partition?

 

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Quaoar wrote:

> XP3 installation via both windows update and burned CD both fail on this

> computer with the error "NTLDR in use, close all applications and click

> retry" (or something like that). This is a dual boot XP/Vista system.

> There is no error generated other than Canceled by user, which is true

> since there is no way out of the error.

>

> My belief is that the error likely resides with the Vista bootloader

> that controls the choice at boot between Vista and XP. However, I am

> unable to get beyond this using recommended BCDedit, etc., since this HP

> system has only recovery disks and not separate installation disks.

>

> Any advice is appreciated.

>

> Q

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP3 install fails: ntldr in use

 

Try the registry edit that prevents XP from mounting the Vista drive when XP

boots. You should probably be using it anyway as it resolves the issues

caused by XP's volsnap.sys deleting certain Vista files at XP boot time.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926185

 

Although it is addressing another issue it may help depending on where the

Vista boot files are located.

 

I admit to this being somewhat speculative on my part.

 

"Quaoar" <astro_quaoar@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> XP3 installation via both windows update and burned CD both fail on this

> computer with the error "NTLDR in use, close all applications and click

> retry" (or something like that). This is a dual boot XP/Vista system.

> There is no error generated other than Canceled by user, which is true

> since there is no way out of the error.

>

> My belief is that the error likely resides with the Vista bootloader that

> controls the choice at boot between Vista and XP. However, I am unable to

> get beyond this using recommended BCDedit, etc., since this HP system has

> only recovery disks and not separate installation disks.

>

> Any advice is appreciated.

>

> Q